Hair waver



April 18, 1933. T. IIMOSELEY HAIR WAVER Filed June 17. 1931 I N V EN TOR. TOML/A/SUN f. MUSELEY By Q3 A TTORN E Y,

Patented Apr. 18, 1933 UNITED STA TOMIIINSON I. MOSELEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA HAIR WAVER Application filed June 17,

The invention relates to a device arranged to be applied to a persons hair for forming waves therein, and relates more particularly to devices of this type which may be applied by the users for the formation of waves in their own hair.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which will draw or comb the hair in the form of a finger wave and press the wave in so that the wave will be efiectively retained in the hair after the device is removed.

Another object of the invention is. to provide a device of the character described in which the wave in the hair is produced bysubjecting practically all portions of the hair comprising the wave to a continuous and even pressure.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a device of the character described in which the setting of the hair in form for waving is arranged to be effected by the combing means provided as a part of the device, but the pressing and clamping of the hair in waved form is effected exclusively of such means.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is extremely simple in construction and may be manufactured at very low cost.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood, however, that variations in the showing made by the said drawing and description may be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to said drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the waver of my invention, the pressure members being shown spread apart.

Figure 2 is a transverse section of the waver with the pressure members in their normally assumed position when the device is not in use.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the waver 1931. Serial No. 544,986.

showing it operatively positioned in forming a finger wave in the hair. i Figure 4c is a bottom view of the waver with the hair operatively held therein.

The device ofmy invention as illustrated in the drawing comprises a pair of pressure members'3 and lpivotally connected together such as by'means of' a pin 6, the members be-' ing as here shown each provided with ears 7 through which the pin extends. The members are resiliently pressed together by means of atorsion spring 8*which encircles the pin and preferably has its extremities disposed against the inner faces of extensions 9 and 10 of the respective members 3 and 4', the ex-" tensions serving as 'a convenient means of handling the device and for forcing the members apart against the action of the spring.

It may be mentioned that most wavers of the type "to which mine is related, include in one form or another the elements above'described, and it should" therefore be understood that the present invention relates to the improved form'of such elements and the consequent enhanced functioning of the device, rather than to the elementsbroadly as a new combination. I

As will be seen by referring to Figures 1 and 3 of the drawing, the members 3 aud t, and particularly the toothed edges 12 thereof, are preferably generally arcuate in form so as to conform with a personshead. Extending from the respective members 3 and 4: at the edge 12 are teeth 13 and 14, each having inner and outer portions 16 and 17. The portions 16 are contiguous with the members and preferably coplanar therewith, while the portions 17 extend-angularly from the portion 16'. As clearly shownin Figure 2, the portion 17 of the teethis disposed at approximately right angles to the members, the portion 17 associated with member?) projecting in the general direction of the member 4, while the portion 17 associated with member 4 projects in the general direction of memher 3. The teeth 13 and 14, as will be clear by reference to Figure 1, are disposed in stag gered relation and sufficiently spaced apart whereby the adjacent sides 18 of the members may be disposed in intimate'relation as il1us-.

trated in Figure 2. Furthermore the spaces between the teeth are formed considerably wider than the teeth themselves so that when the teeth portions 17 of each member are engaged in the spaces between the teeth of the other member, a relatively large open space will be left between the side edges of both the portions 16 and 17 of the adjacent teeth. It

should be noted that the sides 18 are preferably fiat and in such relation to each other and to the pivot pin 6, that when the members are in more or less abutting position the sides 18 will be practically parallel.

In the use of my waver, in forming a finger wave in the hair, the device is positioned somewhat obliquely across the hair with the members spread apart and the teeth embedded in the hair. The members are then permitted under the action of the spring to move together so that the teeth will be drawn through the hair to aid the members in gathering the hair in a loop therebetween as indicated in Figure 3. Owing to the peculiar form of the teeth, and the spacing between the side edges thereof as aforesaid, the hair will be readily parted as the teeth are drawn therethrough and loosely confined in the spaces between the teeth. At the same time, due to the relatively large area of the members arranged to contact with the hair therebetween, and the parallel relationship of the faces 18 when engaged with the hair, all portions of the looped hair will be subjected to a pressure. Thus as the members are drawn together all portions of the loop between the members will be subjected to a firm and even pressure. .It will beseen that since the wave is formed by pressure exerted directly and uniformly against the portion of the hair actually comprising the loop, instead of by pressure exclusively against a sharp bend in the hair such as at thebase of the loop, a wave of more permanentstate and natural shape may be provided with the application of the device to the hair for a minimum interval of time.

I claim:

1. In a-hairwaving device, a pair of springpressed pivotally connected hair-clamping members each having a bottom edge,.teeth extending from said edge and having a portion substantially coplanar to the members and a portion substantially at right angles thereto spaced from said edge and extending in the general direction of the opposed'memher.

2. In a hair waving device, a pair of spring pressed hair clamplng members each having an arcuate edge, teeth extending from each -of said edges, and the teeth on each member being staggered with respect to the teeth of the other and arranged in one position of the levice to lie substantially coplanar with the,

members and extend beyond the said edge of the other member.

member, the spacing between adjacent teeth being appreciably in excess of the width of a tooth.

4. In a hair waving device, a pair of'spring pressed hair clamping members each, having an arcuate edge, teeth extending from each of said edges, and the teeth on each memher being staggered with respect to the teeth of the other and arranged in one position. of the device tolie substantially coplanar with the teeth on the other member and extbend beyond the said edge of the other memmy hand at Oakland, California, this 8th day of June, 1931. I TOMLINSON I. MOSELEY.

- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 

